### 7.7 Defining table output formats

Define table formats in a table-format configuration file referenced from your project configuration file (or from another table or text format template) as follows:

    [Templates]
    ; Tables = path to file containing properties for table formats.
    Tables = path/to/mytableformats.ini

See §7.2 Working with format configuration files.

To configure the appearance of tables in output, you can define individual table formats, row formats, and cell formats. Table format properties can reference row formats and cell formats. Row format properties can reference cell formats. This arrangement allows for maximum flexibility and excruciating complexity in the display properties of tables.

Note: Table specifications in a format configuration file can be overridden by other settings for tables in general configuration files.

In this section:

§7.7.1 Configuring table format properties

§7.7.2 Configuring row format properties

§7.7.3 Configuring cell format properties

See also:

§6.9 Specifying formats and options for tables

§6.3.2 Mapping table outputclass attributes to formats

§15.6 Converting tables to print RTF

§17.5 Converting tables to WinHelp RTF

§33. Converting tables to HTML.

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Parent Topic: 7. Configuring output formats

Sibling Topics:

7.1 Understanding the purpose of output formats

7.2 Working with format configuration files

7.3 Creating aliases to existing format names

7.4 Understanding how to define output formats

7.5 Understanding text output formats

7.6 Configuring text output formats

7.8 Defining page layouts for RTF output

7.9 Inserting line, column, and page breaks in output